*Ponyboy Online*

Ponyboy looked over the cover of the book. he put it back on the 표, 테이블 and asked me, "is that supposed to be ME?" he was reffering to the face on the the cover, the one on 상단, 맨 위로 of all the others; the largest.

"i guess so. i dont really know. i never thought about it, Ponyboy," i said. he looked at me and smiled. i dont know why. he didnt really have any reason to smile. and ya know what? he had a real nice smile. it just made me wanna jump up and down and giggle and grin. he had the same girl-stopping smile that i imagined his older brother Sodapop to have. it was cute and sweet and adorable.

"so," he started. "do 당신 have ANY idea how we coulda gotten here, in..."

"you and your 프렌즈 are in the 년 2012," i said. "and i really dont know how. i'll have to think about it." Ponyboy's eyes nearly looked like they were gonna fall outta his head.

"2012?!" he exclaimed. people stared at us. i looked at him and put my finger in front of my closed mouth. he grinned sheepishly.

"golly, and i thought 당신 were supposed to be a QUIET sorta guy, Pony," i said, and then i smiled. then he said, "thats 44 years after the time we came from!" i looked at him, alittle confused.

"i thought it was 46. didnt 당신 come from 1966?" i asked. he shook his head.

"no. we came from 1968, two years after i wrote that paper. maybe thats why 당신 think its '66. the...'book' took place in '66 but we came from '68. make any sense?" i nodded. i guess it did.

"so youre 16?" i asked him. but he shook his head again.

"im 15 going on 16. i'll be 16 다음 month." i knew that. i knew when his birthday was. it was July 22. "how old are you?"

"i'm 14 going on 15. my birthdays in August. and isnt your birthday July 22, Pony?" he looked at me...a little creeped out but also pleased.

"yeah," he said. "howd 당신 know that?" i sighed and stood up. i walked over to him and took his hand.

"come on, Pony. youre going to my house. theres loads i need to show 당신 online." i hurried him and we walked the long walk to my house.

"what about Dally and Johnny?" he asked.

"we'll get them later," i said. and then i was off in an almost-run.



i walked into my house, thank God no one was home, and plopped down on my computer in the living room. Ponyboy stood 다음 me and watched as i quickly typed things in on Internet Explorer. i went to one website that was all about him. "see?" i said. he stared at it, almost wide-eyed.

"whos that?" he asked, pointing at the picture of a boy in the middle of the screen.

"thats C. Thomas, i call him Tommy, Howell. they boy sitting 다음 to him is Ralph Macchio. Tommy portrayed 당신 in the Outsiders movie and Ralph portrayed Johnny. since people have no pictures of 당신 and your 프렌즈 cause 당신 werent real people, 또는 so we thought, they use the actors pictures for things instead," i said. Ponyboy stared at Tommy Howell curiously.

"well, Tommy looks an awful lot like me," he said. i looked up at Ponyboy and stared at him. he looked down at me.

"hm," i said, looking him over. "he kinda does, i guess. thats good. that means they got a good actor."

"i guess," he said. "now, is this all info about ME?" i nodded.

"yup. your birthday, your interests, your hobbies, 당신 appearence, etc. and"--i moved the 쥐, 마우스 so on the screen is was 의해 the left hand column--"if 당신 click on your friend's names they show up with the same things." he looked at it and said, "hey, theres Cherry's name." i looked down. ew. Cherry. gross. Cherry. that faker, Cherry. i didnt hate her but i didnt like her. i didnt like any girls that were possible 사랑 interets for Ponyboy. they didnt exsist in my world.

"whats wrong?" he asked me. i looked up and put on a fake smile.

"oh, nothing, Pony. dont worry about it. now"--i exited outta that site and went to one called Fanpop. i typed in "the outsiders" into the 검색 bar in the 상단, 맨 위로 right hand corner and waited for the club to pop up--"here is another site. this is all about the book and movie." i got up off my computer chair and motioned for him to sit down. he quickly did and used the 쥐, 마우스 to scroll down. there was pictures and 기사 and 링그 and 비디오 and 퀴즈 and a 벽 that 팬 could write on. Ponyboy stared in amazment. then he scrolled back to the very 상단, 맨 위로 of the screen and looked in the 상단, 맨 위로 left hand corner. i think i knew what he was looking at and i immediatley thought, uh-oh.

"whos PonygirlCurtis7?" he asked me. then he looked up and raised his eyebrows. i blushed.

"oh," i said nervously. "thats just a silly username/screename. everyone on this site has to have one if 당신 want to be a part of clubs."

"is this YOUR username?" a small smile played across his lips. i blushed even more.

"yes," i said quietly. he moved the 쥐, 마우스 so he could click on the word 다음 to my 아이디 that said "profile." i wish he wouldnt have done that. my 프로필 page popped up and he saw my 업데이트 and pictures and clubs and my wall.

"you are from Tulsa and your name is...Ponygirl Curtis?" he asked. my face was going to burst into flames. literally. i was really embarrassed. he scrolled down some more. then clicked on "more wall" so he could view my entire 벽 and looked at the very very bottom; the very first thing i put on my wall. it said, "i 사랑 Ponyboy...i just had to say that..." i quickly 스톨, 훔친 the 쥐, 마우스 and scrolled back up.

"alright, Ponyboy, youve had your fun. thats enough," i said nervously. but he put his hand on mine to stop me fron exiting out. it felt really nice. i was about to 질문 him when i noticed what he was looking at.

"'Stay Gold. Its a good way to be...'" he quoted. he was looking at my motto.

"oh," i started. "thats my motto. 당신 know what i mean 의해 that, right?" but 조랑말 shook his head. then i thought, wait a minute...

"oh, thats right!" i said. "Johnny never died so he never told 당신 to stay gold." Ponyboy looked at me questioningly. i smiled. then i said, "youre gonna have to read the book, Ponyboy. it'll make 더 많이 sense once 당신 do."